Lines in flashes

[Daemon6]

Hello all,

I've been having a non-critical issue where lines appear in flashes made by weapons or explosions, grass, and, in some cases, smoke.


(I tried getting a screen of the grass, but it was too large, and it's only really visible during movement.)

It's not a serious issue, but it is an issue which I'd like to be able to resolve.

I've tried a number of different methods (including running it bare-bones, cycling through my mods to find which one may be causing it, adjusting graphics settings, modifying pertinent* values in the .INI's), in an attempt to fix it (keeping in mind that I do want to maintain quality of both gameplay and graphics), with all but one doing nothing to fix the problem. The only "fix" that worked was disabling vsync via the fallout.ini, but that had the troubling side effect of speeding up the game to match my fps (which is way, way, way above vsync's cap [even with all settings maxed]), which made the game effectively unplayable. I could not find a viable method of capping FPS, and the issue is not, as I've said, critical, so I've left it on (also, I'm not entirely comfortable turning it off).

That said, my attempts at fixes have all been restricted to the realm of what I'm comfortable testing, and to what I could find in searches (which isn't much at all with regard to this problem).

Specs & Mods:
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intel i7 2600k
nVidia GeForce 680
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

Fallout 3 GOTY : Steam

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[X] Fallout3.esm
[X] BrokenSteel.esm
[X] Anchorage.esm
[X] ThePitt.esm
[X] PointLookout.esm
[X] Zeta.esm
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm
[X] CRAFT.esm
[X] CALIBR.esm
[X] Advanced Recon Tech.esm
[X] Project Beauty.esm
[X] Lings.esm
[X] LingsDLC.esm
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
[X] StreetLights.esm
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp
[X] Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] DarNifiedUIF3.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp
[X] Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp
[X] RRGoreGrafittiRemoved.esp
[X] AmmoSorter - Start.esp
[X] Colossus Headgear.esp
[X] Advanced Recon Gear.esp
[X] UndergroundHideout.esp
[X] BlackWolf Backpack.esp
[X] BlackWolf Backpack - Vanilla Big Guns Fix.esp
[X] BlackWolf Backpack - Anchorage Gauss Rifle Fix.esp
[X] BlackWolf Backpack - Zeta Drone Cannon Fix.esp
[X] S&W 5906 10mm Pistol replacer.esp
[X] S&W 5906 DLC02 10mm Pistol replacer.esp
[X] BunkMod - Megaton House - v0.01.001.esp
[X] M64MiniHideout.esp
[X] M64MiniHideoutGOTYplugin.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Followers Enhanced (BrokenSteel).esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
[X] FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty (Followers Enhanced).esp
[X] UH-FWE-DLC.esp
[X] WeaponModKits.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] WMKAA12Shotgun.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp
[X] WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp
[X] UH-FWE-WMK-DLC.esp
[X] UH-FWE Weapons and Workbench patch.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + Project Beauty.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
[X] Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
[X] Fellout-Full.esp
[X] Fellout-BrokenSteel.esp
[X] Fellout-Anchorage.esp
[X] Fellout-PointLookout.esp
[X] Fellout-Zeta.esp
[X] Fellout-pipboylight.esp
[X] megalight.esp
[X] StreetLights - Wasteland.esp
[X] H&K PSG-1 Sniper Rifles.esp
[X] ColtM4Carbines.esp
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Game settings are currently maxxed.

Windows, and GPU are updated to current stable versions, and game mods are latest available.

I would be grateful for any help, except maybe those who are going to tell me that I need to turn off my mods, because a: I've tried it, b: I haven't had any crashes outside of one which was not resolved by turning them off, c: There are others who run more, without this issue.

Thanks
-DaemonVI

Side note: Some of you might have noticed that Broken Steel is technically out of order. This was an intentional change made in an attempt to fix a troubling issue of a crash that occurs right after the final cutscenes as Broken Steel is suppose to load. It is unrelated to the issue at hand, as said issue was present before the change, and was not resolved by restoring the "correct" load order.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Daemon6

[M48A5]

If you have the newest Streetlights.esm you should disable and uninstall Streetlights - Wasteland, it is encluded in Streetlights. Disable and uninstall one of the Restore Tracers, you don't need both of them. Move Streetlights.esm to load before Broken Steel. What graphics enhancer are you using?

[Daemon6]

Done, done, and done, though I'm assuming these were technical fixes not related to the problem at hand, as they had no effect on the line problem.

As for the graphics enhancer.. I'm not entirely sure what you're referring to.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Daemon6